“Survey after survey points the finger for lower attendance not at cell phone service or HDTV, but squarely at the decisions of athletic departments nationwide. Fans are fed up paying steakhouse prices for junk food opponents, while enduring endless promotions. The more college football indulges the TV audience, the more fans paying to sit in those seats feel like suckers.”

I could look this up, I guess, but isn’t O’Bannon about compensation for name, likeness and something else? This isn’t about the schools coming out of pocket to pay the players, is it? How would adding a dollar to the price of every jersey or video game cost the NCAA or member schools anything?

As a side note, another one of my favorite (political) columns just went behind a paywall as a lot of UGA related news sites have recently. I hope all of this does not inspire the Senator to forfeit his amateur (semi-pro) status and erect a paywall. There isn’t much left these days.